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...James Barton is likable, whether quietly singing, dancing a soft shoe or carrying on as a drunk. Hollywood's Olga San Juan has a nice Broadway bounce. Agnes de Mille has worked out some attractively obstreperous and even orgiastic dances. And the best of Composer
Jessel hits his last sequence like a drummer going into a sock chorus. Lotta is in mid-performance in a big New York theater. A letter arrives, seeming to seal the death of her lover in a Southern hospital. Suddenly her father (Hoofer James Barton) rushes in to announce that the war is over. Tearfully, Lotta goes to the center of stage and sings a mournful chorus of Dixie to the outrage of the audience. Her partner (Dennis Day) steps out of the wings, gives the New Yorkers a lecture that echoes Lincoln's "malice toward none," and soon...
...finally decided to marry Multimillionaire Franchot Tone. To woo Jane back just in time to disrupt a colossal wedding ceremony, Crosby pitches charm, song and the pathos of his wards, resorts to conspiratorial shenanigans with the help of his editor (Robert Keith), his would-be father-in-law (James Barton) and Tone's repressed cousin (Alexis Smith...
Paint Your Wagon is a fetching musical about post-Gold Rush life in California. James Barton stars in Alan Lerner's earthy saga at the Shubert. Matinee today, evenings...
...James Barton, remembered by many audiences for his 2,000 performances as Jeeter Lester in "Tobacco Road," is cast as the aging speculator. Although he had some trouble with his throat on opening night, he carried off his part well, singing ballads in the manner of the late Walter Huston and also coming through with an amusing buck and wing...